Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-22
THE CITY DEMOCRATS.
WARD MEETINGS TO BE HELD BY THEM
TONIGHT.
Delegates to be Elected to Represent Rich
mond in the Roanoke Con-
vention.

The Roanoke convention is to be
held August 4th.
party of the State, called 10 adopt reso-
lutions suited to the present condition
Of affairs in Virginia, to elect new
State and district committees, aud to
set in motion for the campaign the
party machinery throughout the State.
At the coming November election
half of the number of senators and all
the members of the House of Dele
gates are to be chosen. This new
Legislature will elect United States
senator in place OF Mr.. Riddleberger
and nearly all the Capitol officers and
quite number of city judges. More
over, upon it will devolve the duty of
dealing with the public-debt question
So it Will be seen that the November
election really will be an important one,
and the Democrats should rouse
themselves and organize so thoroughly
that victory cannot escape them.
1t seems that General Malone does
not intend to hold a convention of the
Republican party. Doubtless it will be
bis policy to talk Rcpublicanism only
in "the black belt" and in the coun-
ties and cities where the whites pre-
dominate to give his support and en-
coursgement to independents and
other enemies Of the Democrats. That
the contest will be spirited one is very
probable that our bOunden duty is TO
organize there can be no doubt. and the
first step towards it is to attend the
ward meetings tonight.
PLACES OF MEETING.
The meetings will be held at the fol-
lowing places, and will be called to or
der promptly at the appointed hour /:
Marshall Ward, Il. S. NJ. Valentine
superintendent, Corcoran Hall Jefier
son Ward, j. w. Gibbons, Old-Market
Hall Madison Ward, Louis Rawlings,
Hastings Court room ; Monroe Ward,
Colonel Tazewcll Elicit, Pavilion Thea
ire jackson Ward, Z. p. Hill, Kains
Hall, corner First and Baker streets /;
Clay Ward, Captain j. II. O'Bannon,
Westham House.
THE PLAN.
The following is the plan adopted
by the City Democratic Committee for
holding the meetings tonight:
/. That meetings be held in the
several wards of tins city on the night
of Friday, July ODD, 10 be called to
order at s o'clock.
2. That the ward superintendent be
charged with the duty of selecting
suitable places for the meetings and to
provide ballot-boxes for the reception
Of ballots.
3. That the manner of voting shall
be by secret ballot. Every ballot must
have the full number, and no more, OF
the delegates to which the ward is en-
titled. The voters name and residence
shall be called ont, and record made
Of the same ; and the number of bal
lots shall conform to the number OF
names recorded. The meeting shall
remain in session until the business of
the meeting is concluded Every per-
son must be register ID voter in the
ward in which he offers to cast his
ballot.
4. The ballots shall be counted by
tellers appointed by the chairman OF
the meeting.
3. The persons-equal to the number
OF delegates apportioned to the ward
receiving the highest numter OF votes
cast shall be declared the representa-
tives from said ward in the State Demo
cratic convention to be held in Roanoke
on the 4th of August.
G. That the chairman of the meeting
in each ward shall certify the names OF
TIE delegates selected by his ward to
the superintendent of his ward, who
shall return the same to the Demo
cratic City ommittee, and the secre
tary Of said committee shall furnish
each Of them with a certificate of his
election signed by the superintendent
and secretary Of the Democratic City
Committee.
7. Each delegate shall he empowered
to appoint his own alternate.
s. Each delegate is required to re-
port promptly to the secretary of the
City Democratic Committee the name
of his alternate.
Richmond is entitled to 80 delegates,
apportioned as follows: Marshall Ward,
5 Jefferson, 6 Madison, Z; Monroe,
0; Clay, 8; Jackson, 3.